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MBB: Baylor (15-10; 5-7) at Texas (15-10; 5-7) Preview & Game Thread

February 11, 2018
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Baylor (15-10; 5-7) visits Texas (15-10; 5-7) on Monday February 12th at 8:00pm CST.  The game is televised on ESPN.  Here is a look at the match-up.  

KenPom Rankings

Texas:  43 overall; 110 offensive efficiency; 8 defensive efficiency

Baylor:  31 overall; 58 offensive efficiency; 21 defensive efficiency

Prediction:  Texas 65 Baylor 62


Coaches

Texas:  Shaka Smart (40); 209-101 (46-45 at Texas);  6 NCAAs; 1 Sweet 16; 1 Elite 8; 1 Final 4

Baylor:  Scott Drew (47); 314-200 overall (294-189 at Baylor); 7 NCAAs; 4 Sweet 16s; 2 Elite 8s


Texas Starting Line-Up

PG:  Matt Coleman (FR) 6-2 180 lbs; 9 ppg; 5 asst; 37% FG; 24% 3pt; 74% FT

SG:  Kerwin Roach (JR); 6-4 180 lbs; 12 ppg; 4 reb; 3 asst; 48% FG; 37% 3pt; 62% FT

SF:   Jericho Sims (FR) 6-9 240 lbs; 4 ppg; 3 reb; 57% FG; 40% FT

PF:  Dylan Osetkowski (JR); 6-9 245 lbs; 14 ppg; 7 reb; 40% FG; 27% 3pt; 73% FT

C:  Mo Bamba (FR) 6-11 230 lbs; 14 ppg; 11 reb; 4 blks; 55% FG; 28% 3pt; 67% FT

Texas Bench

G:  Eric Davis (JR); 6-3 190 lbs; 9 ppg; 42% FG; 37% 3pt; 74% FT

G:  Jacob Young (SO) 6-2 185 lbs; 5 ppg; 37% FG; 28% 3pt; 82% FT

G:  Jase Febres (FR) 6-5 190 lbs; 4 ppg; 33% FG; 33% 3pt; 83% FT


Baylor Starting Line-up

PG:  Manu Lecomte (SR) 5-11 180 lbs; 17 ppg; 4 asst; 42% FG; 40% 3pt; 88% FT

SG:  Jake Lindsey (JR) 6-5 195 lbs; 5 ppg; 3 asst; 48% FG; 34% 3pt; 72% FT

SF:  Mark Vital (RFR) 6-5 230 lbs; 7 ppg; 6 reb; 2 asst; 52% FG; 50% FT

PF:  Tristan Clark (FR) 6-9 240 lbs; 8 ppg; 5 reb; 1 blk; 62% FG; 65% FT

C:  Jo Lual-Acuil (SR) 7-0 220 lbs; 15 ppg; 9 reb; 2 blks; 52% FG; 71% FT; 28% 3pt

Baylor Bench

F:  Nuni Omot (SR) 6-9 210 lbs; 10 ppg; 4 reb; 2 asst; 49% FG; 43% 3pt; 85% FT

G:  King McClure (JR) 6-3 215 lbs; 9 ppg; 2 reb; 2 asst; 41% FG; 37% 3pt; 76% FT

F:  Terry Maston (SR) 6-8 230 lbs; 9 ppg; 6 reb; 51% FG; 88% FT; 27% 3pt

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MBB: Baylor (15-10; 5-7) at Texas (15-10; 5-7) Preview & Game Thread

31,786 Views | 268 Replies | Last: 6 yr ago by NoBSU
EGOTbear
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fxin disaster
rudylaw
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When's the last shot taken? I feel like that's the 4th/5th straight TO in a row.
HoustonBear15
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Is Bamba taller than Jo?? According to each school's roster Jo is 7'0 and Bamba is 6'11 but Bamba looks a lot bigger in person and is playing much bigger as well.
rudylaw
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6-0 run for BU!
BaylorProud77
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I'm telling ya when your not married to a Baylor Bear, you prefer not to hear there comments!
rudylaw
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8-0. Maston looks shooterish!

Game. Of. Runs.
BaylorOkie
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This game is uglier than NoBS's sister laying on the hood of an El Camino.
BFWorldwide
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Forget waterboarding.......make terrorists watch these two "offenses".
BaylorProud77
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Lol
rudylaw
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Welp. 25-23 is probably a deserved outcome after what we all had to sit through.

All you have to do is look at that last possession and realize why Jake plays over King these days. Manu just loves to take the air out of the ball when he's allowed to do so.
EGOTbear
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WBB halftime score...
whitetrash
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HoustonBear15 said:

Is Bamba taller than Jo?? According to each school's roster Jo is 7'0 and Bamba is 6'11 but Bamba looks a lot bigger in person and is playing much bigger as well.


Bamba has Kid'n'Play hair that makes him look taller
Tiny Elvis
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Last Texas trey was a 2. Can it be reviewed?
rudylaw
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Tiny Elvis said:

Last Texas trey was a 2. Can it be reviewed?
It can. I thought it was a 2 as well.

EDIT: In fact they did! 25-22.
3ptSpecialist
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it was reversed.

25-22 to start the 2nd half
Ashley Hodge
rileyroo
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Geez, that was one ugly half of basketball. I guess both teams will score 50 in the second half. Texas played so poorly, I wish our Bears were up by more at half.


HoustonBear15
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whitetrash said:

HoustonBear15 said:

Is Bamba taller than Jo?? According to each school's roster Jo is 7'0 and Bamba is 6'11 but Bamba looks a lot bigger in person and is playing much bigger as well.


Bamba has Kid'n'Play hair that makes him look taller
Yeah I guess that should be taken into consideration. I'll have to look harder when they're back out again. But Mamba just seems so much longer because of his physicality of play. He only has 4 points but both baskets were crowd pleasing plays. Hoping Jo outplays him in the second half.
gobears20
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Staff
Huge in a game like this.
vanillabryce
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Here we go again!!!
vanillabryce
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Wow. We just can't seem to get anything going even when we are grabbing offensive boards
vanillabryce
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2:30 sec in and we have the first points
rudylaw
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Close to unwatchable.

Good to see Jake regain his finishing touch around the rim though!
HoustonBear15
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Another Nuni missed dunk??? And then Jake's 3rd foul. Yikes
rudylaw
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Everyone else save Jake having a hard time around the rim.

Lindsey picks up #3 which means a whole helluva lot of dribbling for the next 8 minutes!!!!!
vanillabryce
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WVU 42 TCU 37 16:50 to go in Morgantown
vanillabryce
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Lol
BaylorProud77
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I just don't see Texas or Baylor going to the big dance. Am I missing something???
vanillabryce
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B12 is the #1 rated conference by the computers- it's deep.

And there's a lot of games left.
rudylaw
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Let TJ go to work. He's in the mood tonight!
Bear8084
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BaylorProud77 said:

I just don't see Texas or Baylor going to the big dance. Am I missing something???


Yes. The season is far from over and recently Baylor is playing pretty good.
vanillabryce
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Here comes TJ!
vanillabryce
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That's what Nuni needs to avoid.

Two dribbles to get to the hoop is his max
rudylaw
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TJ with the Dream Shake!!!!
vanillabryce
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Wow!
EGOTbear
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Dream shake!
 
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